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Up from the Footnote: A History of Women Journalists
by Marion Marzolf. 310 pgs.

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

2: Sob Sister to War Correspondent

Sources Consulted

Sources Consulted

Sources Consulted

5: Newswoman on Camera

Sources Consulted

7: The Feminist Press Then and Now

Sources Consulted

8: Women Who Teach the Journalists

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9: View from Europe

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Great Women of the Press
by Sharon M. Murphy, Madelon Golden Schilpp. 256 pgs.

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New Horizons in Journalism

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1: Elizabeth Timothy First Woman Publisher [c. 1700-1757]

2: Mary Katherine Goddard Colonial Publisher and Postmistress [1738-1816]

3: Anne Newport Royall Travel Correspondent and Washington Editor [1769-1854]

4: Sarah Josepha Hale First Women's Magazine Editor [1788-1879)

5: Margaret Fuller Critic and Foreign Correspondent [1810-1850]

6: Cornelia Walter Editor of the Boston Transcript [1813-1898]

7: Jane Grey Swisshelm Abolitionist, Feminist, Journalist [1815-1884]

8: Jane Cunningham Croly Jennie June, Women's Advocate [1829-1901]

9: Eliza Nicholson Pearl Rivers, Publisher of the Picayune [1849-1896]

10: Ida Minerva Tarbell Muckraker [1857-1944]

II: Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer Dorothy Dix, Personal Advice Columnist [1861-1951]

12: Ida B. Wells-Barnett Crusader [1862-1931]

13: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman Nellie Bly, Feature Writer [1865-1922]

14: Winifred Black Bonfils Annie Laurie, Reformist Reporter [1863-1936]

15: Rheta Childe Dorr Freedom Fighter [1866-1948]

16: Dorothy Thompson Political Columnist [1893-1961]

17: Margaret Bourke-White Pioneer Photojournalist [1904-1971]

18: Marguerite Higgins War Correspondent [1920-1966]

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Brilliant Bylines: A Biographical Anthology of Notable Newspaperwomen in America
by Barbara Belford. 386 pgs.

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Introduction

Part I Bygone Bylines

1: Margaret Fuller: (1810-1850)

St. Valentine's Day--Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane

2: Jane Grey Swisshelm: (1815-1884)

3: Jane Cunningham Croly "Jennie June" (1829-1901)

4: Leonel Campbell O'Bryan "Polly Pry" (1857-1938)

5: Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer "Dorothy Dix": (1861-1951)

6: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)

7: Winifred Black Bonfils "Annie Laurie": (1863-1936)

8: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman "Nellie Bly": (1865-1922)

9: Elizabeth Garver Jordan: (1865-1947)

10: Anne O'Hare Mccormick: (1880-1954)

11: Emma Bugbee: (1888-1981)

Mrs. Roosevelt: Portrait of a Beloved Woman

Peasants Are Tortured for Refusing to Aid New Russian Army

Russian Youth War Veteran Tho Only 17, Boy Serves Three Years at Front.

Part II Bold Bylines

13: Sigrid Schultz: (1893-1980)

Berlin Jubilant as VIenna Falls to Hitler's Aids Troops Rushed to Border All Day Long.

14: Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)

15: Ishbel Ross: (1895-1975)

16: Mildred Gilman: (1896- )

17: Doris Fleeson: (1901-1970)

18: Mary Mcgrory (1918- )

19: Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966)

20: Ada Louise Huxtable (1921- )

21: Judith Crist: (1922- )

22: Georgie Anne Geyer: (1935- )

23: Ellen Goodman (1941- )

24: Madeleine Blais (1947- )

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Hard News: Women in Broadcast Journalism
by David H. Hosley, Gayle K. Yamada. 202 pgs.

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"A major scholarly and readable history of women in broadcast news, covering the broadcast journalistic roles of women from the 1920s through the mid-1980s. Authors Hosley and Yamada, both with extensive professional experience in broadcasting and broadcast news as well as serving on the faculty of Stanford University's Mass Media Institute, have produced a heavily researched and well-written book, which gives attention not only to the more familiar names but also to the many women whose pioneer work in broadcast journalism had led to gradual acceptance of women in what had been considerd a male field." Choice "There are a lot of names in this book. Some are immediately recognizable . . . other names are virtually unknown, making this book a valuable reference text for students interested in researching the careers of women broadcasters who have been all but forgotten. The authors, both of whom have extensive backgrounds in broadcasting, have done a commendable job of identifying women who have pioneered in,electronic journalism. . . Indeed, this book is so engrossing one only wishes that it were longer. The authors touch on complex issues--such as the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the FCC's decision to mandate affirmative action programs to remedy past discrimination--that call for more complete treatment in future works. Yet this book is an excellent starting point for serious study of women and broadcast news. It is highly recommended for courses in communications history and broadcasting and women's studies." Journalism Quarterly

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Recent Titles in Contributions in Women's Studies

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Preface

Acknowledgments

1: The Early Days

NOTES

2: The War Years at Home

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3: After the War

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4: Taking off with Tv

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5: The Explosion

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6: An Early Start

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7: A Symbolic Case

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8: The Challenges of the 1980s

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Selected Bibliography

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Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999
by Elizabeth V. Burt. 354 pgs.

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Little has been published about press organizations, and even less about women's press organizations. This book is the first to document the history of women's press organizations in the United States. In addition to rich historical accounts of some of these organizations, it also provides a picture of many of the women journalists involved in these press organizations, many of whom were leaders, both in journalism and in the social movements of their time.

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Preface

Introduction

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1: American Women in Radio and Television, 1951-Present

Informational Sources

2: Association for Women in Communications, 1909--Present: (formerly Theta Sigma Phi and Women in Communications, Inc.)

Informational Sources

3: Association for Women in Sports Media, 1987-Present

Informational Sources

4: Association of Women Broadcasters, 1942-1950: (formerly Association of Women Directors)

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5: Jan Whitt Colorado Press Women, 1941--Present

Informational Sources

6: Delaware Press Association, 1977--Present: (formerly Delaware Press Women)

Informational Sources

7: Denver Woman's Press Club, 1898-Present

Introduction

Notes

Informational Sources

8: Detroit Women Writers, 1900-Present: (formerl Y Detroit Press Club, Detroit Women's Press Club, Detroit Women Writers Club)

Notes

Informational Sources

9: Idaho Press Women, 1944-Present

Introduction

Conclusion

Notes

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10: Norma Fay Green Illinois Woman's Press Association, 1885-Present

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Ii Jaws: Journalism and Women Symposium, 1985-Present

Informational Sources

12: Kansas Press Women, 1941--Present

Informational Sources

13: Michigan Press Women, 1965-Present: (formerly Michigan Women's Press Club)

Notes

Informational Sources

14: Willah Weddon Michigan Woman's Press Association, 1890-193(8)

15: Willah Weddon Michigan Woman's Press Club, 1892-19(14)

Informational Sources

16: Patricia L. Dooley Minnesota Press Women, 1940-1982

Introduction

Notes

Informational Sources

Introduction

17: National Federation of Press Women, 1937-Present

Conclusion

Notes

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18: National League of American Pen Women, 1897-Present: (formerly League of American Pen Women)

Informational Sources

19: Elizabeth V. Burt New England Woman's Press Association, 1885-1982

Introduction

Notes

Informational Sources

20: The New York Times Women's Caucus, 1972-Present

Informational Sources

21: Newswomen's Club of New York, 1922-Present (formerly New York Newspaper Women's Club)

Introduction

Notes

Informational Sources

22: Ohio Newspaper Women's Association, 1902-Present

23: Nan Towle Yamane Pacific Coast Women's Press Association, 1890-19(41)

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24: Nan Towle Yamane Southern California Women's Press Club, 1893-19(39)

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25: Kate Peirce Texas Professional Communicators, 1893-Present: (formerly Texas Woman's Press Association and Texas Press Women)

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26: Utah Woman's Press Club, 1891-1928

Informational Sources

27: Woman's Press Association of the South, 1886-18(90)

Informational Sources

28: Woman's Press Club of Cincinnati, 1888-1988

Informational Sources

29: Woman's Press Club of Indiana, 1913-Present

Informational Sources

30: Woman's Press Club of New York City, 1889-1980

Informational Sources

31: Women, Men and Media, 1987-Present

Introduction

Notes

Informational Sources

32: Women's Feature Service, 1978-Present

Informational Sources

33: Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, 1972-Present

Informational Sources

34: Maurine H. Beasley Women's National Press Club, 1919-1970

Notes

Informational Sources

35: Women's Press Organizations in Cleveland, 1886-1970s

Introduction

Informational Sources

36: Women's Press Organizations in Mississippi, 1894-Present

Informational Sources

37: Betty Houchin Winfield Women's Press Organizations in Missouri, 1896--Present

Informational Sources

Appendix: Chronology

Bibliography

Index

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Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook
by Nancy D. Signorielli, Alan M. Rubin. 504 pgs.

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Profiles outstanding women in communication, including pioneers in journalism, contemporary media professionals, and scholars.

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Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

References

Mary Clemmer Ames (1831-1884)

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Sandra Jean Ball-Rokeach (1941- )

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)

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Helen Gurley Brown (1922- )

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Judee K. Burgoon (1948-)

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Joanne Cantor (1945- )

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Peggy Charren (1928- )

Constance (connie) Yu-Hwa Chung (1946- )

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Ruth Franklin Crane (1902-1989)

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Dorothy Day (1897-1980)

Conclusion

Brenda L. Dervin (1938- )

Author's Note

Nancy Dickerson (1927- )

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Dorothy Dix (elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer) (1861-1951)

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Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863-1953)

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Mary Anne Fitzpatrick (1949- )

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Pauline Frederick (1908-1990)

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Ellen Goodman (1941- )

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Doris Appel Graber (1923- )

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Katharine Graham (1917- )

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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879)

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Herta Herzog (1910- )

Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966)

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Hilde Himmelweit (1918-1989)

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Aletha C. Huston (1939- )

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Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1946- )

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Jean Kilbourne (1943- )

Career Development

Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (1913-1965)

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Gladys Engel Lang (1919- )

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Mary Margaret Mcbride (1889-1976)

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Anne O'Hare Mccormick (1880-1954)

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Sara Miller Mccune (1941- )

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Margaret L. Mclaughlin (1943- )

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Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916- )

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Helen Rogers Reid (1882-1970)

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Cokie Roberts (4 943- )

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L. Edna Rogers (1933- )

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

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Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854)

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Rebecca Boring Rubin (1948- )

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Jessica Savitch (1947-1983)

Selected Bibliography

Dorothy G. Singer (1927- )

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Gloria M. Steinem (1934- )

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Ida Minerva Tarbell: (1857-1944)

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Dorothy Thompson: (1893-1961)

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Judith Cary Waller (1889-1973)

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Barbara Walters (1931- )

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Ellen Wartella (1949- )

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)

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Appendix: Short Biographies of Notable Women in Communication

Author Index

Index
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Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education: A 30-Year Update
by Pamela J. Creedon, Carol E. Oukrop, Ramona R. Rush. 483 pgs.

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This volume concentrates on the study and efforts of women and minority men to gain respect and parity in journalism and mass communication, and focuses on trends over the past three decades. Contributions to the volume provide a history of the equity efforts and offer updates on equity in the academy and in the professions. Theoretical and international perspectives on equity are also included, as are the concerns about equity from the new generations now coming into the profession. This anthology serves as a benchmark of women's current status in journalism and mass communication and provides a call to action for the future. As such, it is required reading for all concerned with establishing equity throughout the discipline.

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Preface: The Search for Equity: Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education

Introduction: We've Come a Long Way, Maybe …

Part I: History and Context of Educational Equity

1: But Where Are All the Women?: Our History

Notes

2: Exploring the History and Status of Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education

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3: The Role of Minority Women in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication from 1968 to 2001

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4: Standard 12 History and the Accrediting Process

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Part II: 30 Years of Equity Struggles

5: An Update of the Original Study of Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education 1972 and 2002

Authors' Note

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6: Examining How Masculinity Affects Journalism and Mass Communication Education

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7: The Salary Equity Factor

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8: No Longer So Lonely

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Part III: Update on the Equity in the Professions

9: Whose News? Progress and Status of Women in Newspapers (mostly) and Television News

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10: Women of Color on the Frontline in the Mass Communication Professions

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11: The Battle Over Values in a Female-Dominated Field

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Part IV: Theoretical and International Perspectives on Equity

12: Women and the Concentration of Media Ownership

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13: The Ratio of Recurrent and Reinforced Residuum Hypothesis Revisited

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Appendix: Naming Opportunities

14: Theory and Practice in Feminism and Media

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15: Finding Common Ground Between Scholars and Activists Globally

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Part V: Listening to Concerns About Equity

16: Women Graduates (and Men Too) Express Reservations About Journalism Education

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17: Tomorrow's Academics in Obsolete Worlds? an International Perspective

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18: Sexual Harassment in Communication Graduate Schools

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19: Mentoring Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education

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Epilogue: We Ain't There Yet

Tribute A: The Life and Work of Dr. Donna Allen

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Tribute B: Donna Allen: a Real S/hero for Real People

Author's Note

Tribute C: Donna, Donna, Donna

References

A Memorial Tribute to Marion Carpenter, White House News Photographer

Appendix A: (more Than You Ever Wanted to Know) About Women and Journalism Education

Author Biographies

Author Index

Subject Index
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Sob Sister Journalism
by Phyllis Leslie Abramson. 150 pgs.

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On June 25, 1906 an event of little public importance occurred--famous architect and womanizer Stanford White was shot dead by Harry K. Thaw, the scion of an influential family. It became the "hottest story" of the century. Four women journalists provided their newspapers with daily doses of tear-producing reportage. Abramson explores the climate, murder, and subsequent trial that led to the creation of sob sister journalism. An overview of the American scene, biographical sketches, daily courtroom events, and news coverage serve to document the origins of this journalistic style. This was the first time that women were recognized as a vast newspaper readership--causing advertisers to target marketing towards women as consumers. This led to the development of women's pages in many major dailies.

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Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

NOTE

Chapter 2 an American Profile: 1900-1910

NOTES

Chapter 3: Sob Sisters

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Chapter 4 the Case: the Sad Butterfly

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Chapter 5 the Case: Alienists

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Chapter 6 Analysis

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Chapter 7 Epilogue

NOTES

Selected Bibliography

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News, Gender and Power
by Stuart Allan, Gill Branston, Cynthia Carter. 298 pgs.

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How do gender relations affect the practice of journalism? Despite the star status accorded to some women reporters, and the dramatic increase in the number of women working in journalism, why do men continue to occupy most senior management positions? And why do female readers, viewers and listeners remain as elusive as ever? News, Gender and Power addresses the pressing questions of how gender shapes the forms, practice, institutions and audiences of journalism. The contributors, who include John Hartley, Pat Holland, Jenny Kitzinger and Myra Macdonald, draw on feminist theory and gender-sensitive critiques to explore media issues such as:* ownership and control* employment and occupation status* the representation of women in the media* the sexualization of news and audience research.Within this framework the contributors explore media coverage of:* the trial of O. J. Simpson* British beef and the BSE scandal* the horrific crimes of Fred and Rosemary West* child sexual abuse and false memory syndrome* the portrayal of women in TV documentaries such as Modern Times and Cutting Edge .

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Acknowledgements

Setting New(s) Agendas

Part I: The Gender Politics of Journalism

Introduction

1: The Politics of the Smile

2: One of the Girls?

3: Juvenation

4: Gender, Privacy and Publicity in ‘media Event Space’

5: ‘mrs Knight Must Be Balanced’

6: Politicizing the Personal

7: (en) Gendering the Truth Politics of News Discourse

Part II: The Gendered Realities of News

Introduction

8: Newsroom Accounts of Power at Work

9: Mass Communication and the Shaping of Us Feminism

10: ‘mad Cows and Englishmen’

11: The Gender-Politics of News Production

12: Gender and the Agenda

13: When the ‘extraordinary’ Becomes ‘ordinary’

14: A Family Affair

15: Crimewatch Uk

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10 .

Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues
by Kathleen L. Endres, Therese L. Lueck. 538 pgs.

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Women's periodicals have a long history of treating social, political, and economic issues. Through alphabetically arranged entries on individual publications, this reference traces the rich diversity of approaches that these periodicals have taken. Included are entries on more than 70 different periodicals published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some are radical, some are reactionary, but most fall somewhere in between. Each entry provides a critical narrative history of the periodical, circulation figures, related publication information, and a selected bibliography. The volume closes with a chronology and a bibliography.

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Recent Titles in Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers

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Preface

Introduction

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Appendix: Chronology

Bibliography

Index

About the Contributors
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Eve's Century: A Sourcebook of Writings on Women and Journalism, 1895-1918
by Anne Varty. 260 pgs.

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This unique collection of extracts is taken from women's journals and magazines - both British and American - on the eve of the twentieth century. Arranged by subject, the collection focuses on what this pivotal moment represented for women and includes an introduction to women's journalism of the period. The rapidly changing conditions then surrounding a woman's world are illustrated here by sections on: * monarchy * women and war * colonial women * the politics of emancipation * and girlhood.

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Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: The New Century

2: Futures

3: Retrospects

4: Politics

5: Colonials

6: War

7: Girls

8: Christmas

9: Advertising

10: Reference

Selected Biographies

Selected Further Reading

Index
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Women War Correspondents of World War II
by Lilya Wagner. 180 pgs.

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Women War Correspondents of World War II is an in-depth analysis of the life of the woman correspondent. The problems of censorship, a war fought on different fronts, and the dangers of then-modern warfare are recounted. Many women entered the field through newspaper jobs vacated by men who left for the front; they then worked their way into becoming war correspondents. For the most part they did not expect preferential treatment and avoided exceptional notice. According to their own accounts, they encountered problems unique to their sex, but were adept at handling the problems and were professional in their work.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

NOTES

1: Ann Stringer

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2: Iris Carpenter

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3

NOTES

4: Tania Long Daniell

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5: Kathleen Mclaughlin

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6: Bonnie Wiley

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7

NOTES

8: Helen Kirkpatrick

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9: Catherine Coyne

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10: Alice-Leone Moats

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11: Sigrid Schultz

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12: Inez Robb

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13: Sonia Tomara

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14: Martha Gellhorn

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15: Shelley Mydans

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16: Mary Welsh

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17: Virginia Lee Warren

18: Lael Laird Wertenbaker

19: Other Women Who Achieved Significance as War Correspondents in World War II

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Appendix A: List of Women Reporters for Newspapers During World War II

Appendix B. List of Women Reporters with U.S. Wire Services During World War II

Appendix C: List of Accredited U.S. Women Journalists During World War II

Bibliography

Index

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Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950
by Kathleen A. Cairns. 182 pgs.

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Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1.: Crossing the Threshold

2.: Journey from the Star

3.: The Press as Pulpit

4.: Murder Was Her Beat

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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